First light on Saturday revealed the salt water ship Alexia at anchor off the Duluth piers (above). It should be there most of today before coming in late this afternoon to go to the CHS dock to be ready to load spring wheat on Monday morning. Late Monday evening, it is expected to depart, taking the wheat to a port on the eastern coast of Italy, possibly Ravenna. The international grain trade is a complicated business and is sometimes hard to … [Read more...] about Alexia at anchor